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Our Lady of Dorleta is venerated at Leintz-Gaztaga (Euskadi), a village well known for its salt-works.
Dorleta comes from the Basque dorla, name of the square used to obtain salt (near the sanctuary there are these squares). The suffix -eta is not a diminutive, but a locative "place of" (as in Zelaieta, e.g.): "place of dorlas".
You can have more information at:
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=eu&testua=dorleta (Basque)
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=es&testua=dorleta (Spanish)
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
Dorleta comes from the Basque dorla, name of the square used to obtain salt (near the sanctuary there are these squares). The suffix -eta is not a diminutive, but a locative "place of" (as in Zelaieta, e.g.): "place of dorlas".
You can have more information at:
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=eu&testua=dorleta (Basque)
http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=es&testua=dorleta (Spanish)
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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Could it be a pet form of Dora, like Doretta?
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
This message was edited 8/10/2005, 12:00 PM
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